Metallic photographic projection screen



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CLAUDE DE ROCHEFORT-LUCAY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

METALLIC PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECTION SCREEN.

Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented J an. 17, 1922.

Application ledanuary 24, 1 921. Serial No. 439,636.

To all whom t may concern:

lle 1t known that I, CLAUDE DE ROCHEFORT- LrcAY, a citizen of France, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State able others skilled in the art towhich it :1p-

pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements 1n photographic 4projection screens Iand more particularly to those of all kmetal construction, the object of my invention being to provide a screen constructed of polished interwoven wires of double convex form in transverse section, so that as the longitudinal and transverse wires assume a serpentine formation during the interweaving process, a multiplicity of convex mirrors or reflectors are formed of the obverse faces of the wires which are exposed to receive the rays of light from a moving picture or other projection machine.

lith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the construction of the screen hereinafter described and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is afront elevation of a portion of the screen constructed in accordance with l my invention. Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional View as indicated by line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Figure 3 is an enlarged horizonotal sectional -view as designated by line 3 3 of Fi z 2.

figure 4 is a sectional one of the wires.

In .carrying out my invention, I make use perspective View of of a plurality of strands of approximately fiat wir'e, thinned ,toward its edges however into double convex form as shown in Figs.- 2, 3 and 4. Vertical strands l and horizontal strands 2 of this wire are closely interwoven to form practically a solid structure having no interstices between the several strands, so that the complete screen will be entirely impervious to light. At least the obverse faces of the strands l and 2 are highly polished and it will be seen that the interweaving of said strands will form of' them a multiplicity of reflectors or mirrors 3, each mirror being convex in one direction on the radius C (Fig.

2) and convex in the other direction on the radius D of this figure. These reflecting surfaces each tend to reflect the light rays from the projection machine, in conical volumes as will be 'clear by reference to Fig. 3. In this gure, the lines A represent the substantially parallel rays of light projected onto one of the mirrors 3, while the lines Bv indicate the conical volume of light reflected.

The angle E between the lines B may be varied only by changing the radii C and D.

By employing the construction disclosed,

'a screen is produced whose entire surface prising closely interwoven longitudinal and transverse wires of double convex form intransverse section.

A photographic projectionH screen com- `prising closely interwoven longitudinal and 

